Waste

Bike lanes along Queens Boulevard painted since 2016 did not make the Boulevard safer. How many more businesses may close before DoT’s error is reversed?

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Community board and the neighborhood voted against the bike lanes in May 2016, but ex-Mayor de Blasio pushed ahead the stretch from 74th Street and Eliot Avenue until Union Turnpike. Six years later, has the death and accident count changed? Has the business along the bike lane stretch benefited from the bike lane? If not, … Read more

Weekly compost pick up Queens boroughwide starting October 3, 2022

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Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement. Click here to order free bin before October 1, 2022. What to Compost at the Curb ALL LEAF AND YARD WASTE of any kind, like leaves, flowers, twigs, grass clippings, and more. ALL FOOD WASTE AND FOOD-SOILED PAPER of any kind, everything from fruit and vegetable scraps to bones and shells to moldy … Read more

MTA Customer Service is getting more inconvenient, worse in waiting and less friendly.

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Before COVID, token booth clerks could take cash purchases, transfer card values, and be of service helping straphangers. My mother got a new MTA Reduced-Fare MetroCard. The expiring one has money in it, so I asked my token booth clerk to help. No luck. I could mail it in for a refund or visit a … Read more

NYC Mayor Eric Adams welcomed 14 immigrants arriving from Texas early Sunday morning. What’s wrong with this picture?

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A total of about 50 have arrived under order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott since the first bus on Friday, August 5th. For those who lived and worked hard in the City all their life, does the mayor or any elected official ever thanked them or give them bags of goodies and welcoming package? Tell … Read more

Bus lane not used by buses is penalizing Crossbay Boulevard merchants! It needs to be removed!

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The southbound bus lane painted 3 years ago starting mid-block between 107 and Sutter Avenues until Gold Street are not being used by buses. The signs say no parking anytime Monday through Friday 7 am until 10 am, then again from 4 pm until 7 pm. 2 hour meter parking is permitted between 10 am … Read more

Dept of Education budget was $11.5B or $10.4k per student in 2000/1; now $31B or $34.9k for each kid. What’s wrong with this number?

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120,000 students left the DoE public school system over the last 5 years while enrollment at public charter schools is up 9%. Students In 2021-22, there were 1,058,888 students in the NYC school system, the largest school district in the United States. Of those students: 13.9 percent of students were English Language Learners 20.6 percent … Read more